Chapter 8
Electric Drives
Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
describe the function of an electric drive
study the various characteristics of an electric motor
know the temperature raise and the cooling of an electric motor
analyze the load equalization process
8.1 Introduction
Motor control is required in large number of industrial and domestic applications such as transportation systems, rolling mills, paper machines, textile mills, machine tools, fans, pumps, robots, and washing machines. Systems employed for motion control are called drives and may employ any of the prime movers. Drives employing electric motors are known as electric drives.
Nowadays, in electric power stations generating large amounts of electric ...
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